Comparative Diagnostic Performance of Microscopy, SD-Bioline Rapid Diagnostic Test, and Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Detection of Malaria Infection among Pregnant Women at Delivery in Kumba Health District Area in the Southwest Region of Cameroon

Table 2

Sequences of primers for Plasmodium species identification.

	Sequence (5′-3′)
Plasmodium falciparum	rFAL1: 5′-TTA​AAC​TGG​TTT​GGG​AAA​ACC​AAA​TAT​ATT-3′
	rFAL2: 5′-ACA​CAA​TGA​ACT​CAA​TCA​TGA​CTA​CCC​GTC-3′
Plasmodium malariae	rMAL1: 5′-ATA​ACA​TAG​TTG​TAC​GTT​AAG​AAT​AAC​CGC-3′
	rMAL2: 5′-AAA​ATT​CCC​ATG​CAT​AAA​AAA​TTA​TAC​AAA-3′
Plasmodium ovale	rOVAL1: 5′-ATC​TCT​TTT​GCT​ATT​TTT​TAG​TAA​TTG​GAG​A-3′
	rOVAL2: 5′-GGA​AAA​GGA​CAC​ATT​AAT​TGT​ATC​CTA​GTG-3′
Plasmodium vivax	rVIV1: 5′-CGC​TTC​TAG​CTT​AAT​CCA​CAT​AAC​TGA​TAC-3′
	rVIV2: 5′-ACT​TCC​AAG​CCG​AAG​CAA​AGA​AAG​TCC​CTT-3′